Why Making Blue M&M’s Is So Hard | WSJ

Consumers are increasingly moving away from artificial dyes, and Mars is taking notice. Later this year, the candy maker plans to release a mix of M&M’s without synthetic colors. But the new natural dye blend won’t contain blue or brown. WSJ went inside a Mars factory in Topeka, Kansas, to find out why it’s so hard to make a naturally blue M&M. Chapters: 0:00 Blue M&Ms 0:40 Inside the Mars factory in Kansas 2:29 Using Spirulina for the blue 3:52 The taste test #Candy #Blue #WSJ